Clasp for hatbands.



No. 811,126. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

E. A. BURT & H. HARRIS.

CLASP FOB HATBANDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1905.

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ELI A. BURT AND HERMEN HARRIS, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

CLASP FUR HAT MN IDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Appli ati fil d July 15,1905. Serial No. 269,867.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELI A. BURT, of New York, Brooklyn, Kings county,New York, and HERMEN Theme, of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClasps for Hatbands; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to improved clasps for hatbands, the object of theinvention being to provide improvements of this character which can beeasily and securely fixed to a band and which when the band is around ahat will be entirely hidden from view; and the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangementsof parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in section, and Fig. 3is a view showing the clamp detached.

Our improved clasp or clamp comprises two members 1 and 2, and it is theconstruction of the former with which this application has particularreference.

Member 1 comprises a plate of sheet metal bent longitudinally uponitself at one side of its center, forming a flap 3 and fold 5 andclamping the end of the band between flap 3 and the body of the plate.This flap 3 is much shorter than the body of the plate and leaves anextended single thickness of plate, which we give the reference-numeral4:. This portion or flap 4 is then bent over, tightly clamping the bandbetween flaps 3 and 4,

preventing all possibility of the clasp slipping from the end of theband. The folded portion 5 is then bent at an angle into the generalshape of a hook, and the band is carried around the hook and secured totheback of the body of member 1 by stitching the lower edge of the bandto the plate or in any other approved manner and effectually hiding theclasp member from view.

The member 2 may be formed in various ways, one form being shown inwhich the member 2 comprises a metal plate folded upon the end of theband and bent into hook form to engage the hook of member 1.

By thus constructing our improvements the band is secured to the claspagainst any possibility of slipping and the clasp is entirely hiddenfrom view when the band is in use.

Slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of theparts de scribed Without departing from our inven tion, and hence weconsider ourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A clamp member for a hatband, comprising a metal plate folded uponitself, the two folds of the plate bent to form a hook and one endportion of the plate bent to overlap the folded portion thereof.

2. A clamp member comprising a metal plate folded upon itself, the twofolds of the plate bent to form a hook and one end of the plate bent tooverlap the folded. portion thereof and a band passing around the foldedhook portion and secured to the plate.

3. The combination of a band, a clamp member comprising a metal platefolded upon itself and clamping one end of the band between the folds,said folded portion bent to form a hook, and one end of the plate bentto overlap the folded portion thereof and clamp the band against thesame.

4.. The combination of a band, a clamp member comprising a plate folded.upon itself and clamping one end of the band be tween the folds, thesaid folded portion bent to form a hook, the band passing around saidhook and over and beyond the folded portion, and the end of the platebent to overlap the folded portion and. clamp the band there against,said. overlapping end of the plate having its free edge in proximity tothe hook of the folded portion.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ELI ABURT. HERMEN HARRIS.

Witnesses 2 HULBERT PEOK, ALVA Peon.

